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Joe Hilliard

Electrical Engineer

The EPA has been busy writing new air quality regulations that seem to be designed to do things that the failed Cap and Trade legislation contained. In other words, an end run on Congress. An end run on our elected officials by EPA bureaucrats.

These new carbon dioxide and ozone regulations will have profound negative effects on economic development.

 
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Featured Issue - Ozone: EPA's Proposed Changes to 2008 Standard

Ozone: EPA's Proposed Changes to 2008 Standard

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a lowering of U.S. ground-level ozone standards. Under the new guidelines, the "primary" standard would be reduced to 60-70 parts per billion (ppb) measured over eight hours, down from the 75 ppb level set in March 2008.

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Rhetoric VS. Reality

Policymakers are talking a lot about energy and energy policy. What fallows are some of the most frequently heard claims and proposals, along with realities that need to be considered when evaluating thiese claims. Click Here to read Energy Issues and rhetoric addressed on our site.

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Webinar: EPA's New Ozone Standards Threaten Local Economies

Hear what experts say about the harmful effects of EPA's new - and unnecessary - ozone standards on our economy.

EPA's Ozone NAAQS Proposal: The Real Cost to Pennsylvania

Don't let EPA impose regulations that can cause further harm to Pennsylvania's already struggling economy.

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Energy Myth

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Myth:  According to President Barack Obama: "Oil companies are drilling a mile beneath the suface of the ocean -- because we're running out of places to drill on land and shallow water."

Fact: According to the Department of Energy, Nearly 85% of the nation's offshore resources are restricted by the government for exploration. Similar government restrictions are preventing onshore access in parts of Alaska and the Rocky Mountain States that could produce 1.125 million barrels of oil per day and an additional 2.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.